{"product_id":"comics-a-global-history1968-to-the-present","title":"COMICS A Global HIstory, 1968 to the Present","description":"\u003cp\u003eComics, manga, bandes dessinées, fumetti, historietas… no matter the name, they have been a powerful medium across four continents for decades. This is the history of comics around the world from the late 1960s to the dawn of the 21st century. A richly illustrated survey of everything from \u003cstrong\u003eR. Crumb\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eKirby\u003c\/strong\u003e to \u003cstrong\u003eRAW,\u003c\/strong\u003e from \u003cem\u003eMetal Hurlant\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cstrong\u003eMarjane Satrapi\u003c\/strong\u003e to nouvelle manga, from the American mainstream and underground and the evolving British scene. The images here are bright and colorful, dark and brooding, arresting and pleasant, all at the same time. 260 expertly chosen illustrations, many reproduced in full-page.\n\nThe authors, two uniquely positioned and knowledgeable authorities, are the first to write a broadly comprehensive history of this most accessible, democratic, and occasionally subversive modern popular art form, displaying an intimate familiarity with schools and styles, writers, artists, and companies across countries and generations. In showing us both post-apocalyptic dreamscapes and portraits of the everyday, \u003cem\u003eComics\u003c\/em\u003e looks at this thirty-plus year period through a very unique lens.\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eMazur \u003c\/strong\u003eis a cartoonist, teacher, editor and screenwriter. Co-founder of the Boston Comics Roundtable and the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE).\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eBanner \u003c\/strong\u003eteaches \u003cem\u003eWriting the Graphic Novel\u003c\/em\u003e and other courses at Emerson College, Boston and is the co-author of \u003cem\u003eCharacter Design for Graphic Novels.\u003c\/em\u003e\n\nWe missed this when it first came out in 2014, but we are happy to offer it now at a remainder\/bargain price, as long as our supply lasts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59640391958814,"sku":"COMGLO","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/comglo-comics-a-global-history-68-to-present-book.jpg?v=1784496280","url":"https:\/\/shop.budsartbooks.com\/products\/comics-a-global-history1968-to-the-present","provider":"Bud's Art Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}